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10 Thoughts and Simple Wisdom to Live By

This morning i came across the 10 Thoughts to Live By via youtube video, originally its author is Ruth Carter-Bourdon. Quite simple yet powerful thoughts. As i was watching the video, for each statement, different verses from Quran came to mind which i share here below each thoughts of Ruth Carter.

1. Thou shalt not worry, for worry is the most unproductive of all human activities.

Be not, faint of heart, and grieve not:for you are bound to rise highif you open your heart to believe!The Quran 3:139

2. Thou shalt not be fearful, for most of the things we fear never come to pass.

Behold! verily on the friends of Beloved God there is no fear,nor shall they grieve... 10:62

3. Thou shalt not cross bridges before you get to them, for no one yet has succeeded in accomplishing this.

And that human being shall have nothing but what he or she strives for. 53.39

4. Thou shalt face each problem as it comes. You can handle only one at a time anyway.

No soul shall have a burden laid on it greater than it can bear. 2:233

On no soul does God place a burden greater than it can bear.It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. 2:286

5. Thou shalt not take problems to bed with you, for they make very poor bedfellows.

God is the One who rendered the night for your rest. 10:67And He it is Who made the night a covering for you, and the sleep a rest. 25:47

6. Thou shalt not borrow other people's problem. They can take better care of them than you can.

:: About the complementary reminder from Quranic verses: many of the verses are rooted in historical context yet have eternally present message. The arrival of complementary Quranic verses in mind was something which Bahauddin Valad, the father of Rumi also mentions in his famous book Maarif. He used to write or think about something and then certain Quranic passages will appear in his mind and he would include it in his book.